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Monday, August 3, 2015

The Water in Rio Is Full of Sludge and Rotting Fish—And Olympians Are Supposed to Swim in It

NATION DAILY: AUGUST 3, 2015
 
The Water in Rio Is Full of Sludge and Rotting Fish—And Olympians Are Supposed to Swim in It
 
Athletes who participate in water sports will carry an infection risk of 99 percent.
 
DAVE ZIRIN
 
 
 
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Jeb Bush Admires a Really Lousy President — And It’s Not His Brother
 
James K. Polk was condemned by John Quincy Adams, Henry David Thoreau, and Abraham Lincoln on issues of human bondage and lawless militarism.
 
JOHN NICHOLS
 
 
 
 
The War on Planned Parenthood Is Also an Assault on Poor Women of Color
 
The Right’s war on federal funding to health clinics is putting public health at risk.
 
MICHELLE CHEN
 
 
 
 
Washington Has a New Plan to Tackle Domestic Terrorism and It Probably Won’t Work
 
But enacting gun control laws and investing in support services for America’s children might.
 
KAREN J. GREENBERG
 
 
 
 
Bernie Sanders Explains Why You Should Care About What’s Happening to Greece
 
He really does sound like a socialist, doesn’t he?
 
WILLIAM GREIDER
 
 
 
 
‘Blockadia’ Activists Up the Ante Against Shell Oil
 
For more than 36 hours, activists on land, sea, and in the air held up the ship headed to Shell’s Arctic oil-drilling effort.
 
ARUN GUPTA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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